In Singapore and Hong Kong universes, 0.33% of equity funds delivered positive returns when markets collapsed.
Tag: Absolute Return
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Blackrock versus Church House
FSA compares two absolute return products: the Blackrock UK Absolute Alpha Fund and the SVS Church House Tenax Absolute Return Strategies Fund.
Asia’s selectors turn positive on China equities
Despite caution about the macroeconomic outlook, Asia fund selectors have a positive tilt to some key risk assets, according to Last Word Media research.
Merian most-researched Singapore fund
Investors searched for alchemists who could defy the slump in major stock markets last year.
Asia’s fund selectors like slumping Chinese equities
In the next 12 months, research suggests that allocations to China equity funds will be up while US and European equity product exposure will decrease, according to data collected by FSA.
Do investors understand absolute return funds?
GAM’s abrupt liquidation of its absolute return fund range, three of which are offered in Singapore, raise the question of whether targeted investors fully understand the product complexity.
The promise of absolute return strategies
Absolute return fixed income strategies are meant to be a component of a portfolio that reduces overall risk, according to Alex Johnson, BNP Paribas Asset Management’s New York-based head of multi-strategy for absolute return fixed income.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Aviva vs GAM
FSA compares the Aviva Investors – Global Convertibles Absolute Return Fund with the GAM Multibond Absolute Return Bond Fund.
Malaysia’s Affin Hwang launches absolute return feeder fund
Kuala Lumpur-based Affin Hwang Asset Management has launched a mixed-asset absolute return fund that feeds into a Schroders fund, according to a statement from the firm.
Jupiter highlights short ideas in US equities
Safe stocks are no longer safe while high-growth tech stocks are likely to suffer amid rising interest rates, said Ivan Kralj, investment analyst on the absolute return strategy team.
